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The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (commonly known as WorldCon) is being held this weekend in Helsinki, Finland. The convention is where the annual Hugo Awards are presented, and today, the convention announced the latest recipients.
This year, women almost completely swept the Hugo Awards, taking home the top prizes for literature in the science fiction community. That's particularly notable, given how the awards have been increasingly recognizing works from female and minority creators. The trend prompted a counter-movement from two group of fans, the self-described "Sad Puppies," and their alt-right equivalents, the "Rabid Puppies." These groups gamed the awards and forced a slate of nominees onto the Hugo ballot in 2015, prompting widespread backlash within the wider genre community. Another award, the Dragon, faced similar issues earlier this week when several authors asked to pull their nominations over concerns about Puppy interference and the award's integrity.
This year's sweep by female creators seems to be a strong repudiation of anti-diversity groups. 2017 also marked the year the ceremony earned its own award: a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records certified that the Hugos are the longest-running science fiction awards ever.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @12:48AM (1 child)
I've read The Expanse books and greatly enjoyed them. It's not clear from the TV show yet, but basically it turns into galactic Stargate with three half-waring half-peaceful factions of humans (Earthers, Martians, Belters) and three 'baddies' (aliens who tried to 'kill' Earth millions of years ago, the aliens who obliterated those aliens, and the evil corporations trying to steal all the alien tech). It is science fiction in that it's asking what would happen if we were colonizing our solar system and discovered portals to new worlds. How would that affect our society? The TV show is more focused on the character dynamics and less on the higher level story. There's more action suspense tossed in to keep you glued to the screen instead of mystery.
(Score: 2) by darnkitten on Friday August 18 2017, @02:45AM
I've enjoyed both, though the casting of the show still annoys me (of course, I would say that about most adaptations); also, I think they should have held off filming the series until effects were good enough to make the Belters look like Belters!